The jittery-meter numbers depend on the draw (review: 4, 4, 5 of 11 at the quarter edge; up to 4 quiet quarters at 20 s; first warning up to 61 min later). Above about 40 s per cycle, a short bound can still use up the budget when the wire changes hands every few cycles. Text only. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>